Xavier Chen
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Xavier Chen | ||
Date of birth | 5 October 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Brussels, Belgium | ||
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Position(s) | Right back | ||
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Current team
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KV Mechelen | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–2003 | Anderlecht | ||
2003–2005 | KV Kortrijk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | KV Kortrijk | 38 | (0) |
2007–2013 | KV Mechelen | 124 | (0) |
2013–2016 | Guizhou Renhe | 75 | (2) |
2016– | KV Mechelen | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2001–2002 | Belgium U19 | 11 | (0) |
2011– | Chinese Taipei | 7 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2015 (UTC) |
Xavier Chen (Chinese: 陳昌源/夏維耶, born 5 October 1983) is a Belgian-born Taiwanese footballer who plays predominantly as a right back. He currently plays for KV Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight in Belgium. He has previously played for Anderlecht (1991–2003), KV Kortrijk (2003–2007), and Guizhou Renhe (2012–2016) and captained the Belgium U19 team.
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Early years
Chen was born to a Taiwanese father and a French mother. His paternal grandfather is a former diplomat who still lives in Taiwan. He completed his master's degree in Law at Université libre de Bruxelles, making him the only active European first division football player in the modern era to have obtained such a degree.[citation needed]
Club career
Chen started his senior career in KV Kortrijk, but gained recognition in his first stint with KV Mechelen, where he became captain. Due to the inconvenience of traveling back and forth between Belgium and Taiwan, Chen decided to move to Chinese side Guizhou Renhe when he accepted CTFA's invitation. In January 2016, Chen returned to KV Mechelen, stating that he only wanted to play for a maximum of three years in China. A few Chinese teams showed interest to sign him, but he ultimately decided to return to his country of birth. However, Chen continued to feature for his national team.
International career
Chen's eligibility to play for Taiwan was discovered by the Chinese Taipei Football Association public relations director Chen Chia Ming in 2009,[1] and Chen was invited to play for the national team. China Football Association had also made an attempt to recruit Chen three months after CTFA. On 24 May 2011, encouraged by his relatives in Taiwan, Chen elected to play for Taiwan.[2][3]
Chen made his international debut against Malaysia on 3 July 2011 and scored the winning goal. This made it the first time in 10 years that Taiwan beat an opponent that was ranked in the FIFA top 150. The attendance of the game was a record breaking at 15,335, which was 10,000 higher than the average. On 9 October 2015, Chen scored CTFA's third goal in a 5–1 victory over Macau.
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 3 July 2011 | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
2. | 9 October 2015 | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan | ![]() |
3–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
References
External links
- Player stats at Nationalfootballteams.com
- CTFA PR Director revealed his discovery on local football media
- Xavier Chen's official facebook fan page
- Xavier Chen on Soccerway
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- Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from April 2016
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Sint-Agatha-Berchem
- Belgian footballers
- Chinese Taipei international footballers
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- KV Mechelen players
- Guizhou Renhe F.C. players
- Belgian people of Taiwanese descent
- Taiwanese footballers
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Chinese Super League players
- Taiwanese expatriate footballers
- Association football fullbacks